Wintel Engineer
Location: IE, , Dublin
Department: IT
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Airlines/Aviation
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Ryanair is Europe’s favourite low fares airline, operating more than 1,600 daily flights (over 500,000 per year) from 69 bases, across 1,600 low fare routes, connecting 186 destinations in 30 countries and operating a fleet of 300 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ryanair has recently announced firm orders for a further 180 new Boeing aircraft, which will be delivered between 2014 and 2018. Ryanair currently has a team of more than 9,500 highly skilled professionals, will carry 86 million customers this year and has an outstanding 30-year safety record.

Job description:
You will deploy, maintain, monitor and support infrastructure-related activities of the organization. The Wintel  Engineer must have experience building and configuring systems (hardware, software, file systems), work closely with other departments to identify, recommend, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions in a project oriented environment. Responsibilities:Manage the design, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of Windows Server based systemsBenchmark, analyse, and report on the Windows infrastructure and systems.Provide third-level end-user services escalation requiring administrative assistance.Keep current with the latest technologies. Attend training classes.Travel required: Infrequent; although travel to and from Data Centres should be expected

Requirements:
 Expert knowledge with Active Directory/Windows server administration  Familiarity with a multitude of Active Directory and HP and DELL blade server health tools and utilities for managing, monitoring and troubleshooting Windows server infrastructure and networks  Expert knowledge of system administration and remote management of blade and Windows servers  Maintain Microsoft windows patch management and adhere to system security standards.Monitor and optimize the performance of both physical and virtual servers.Backup and recovery of OS and application information.Enforce Windows Server Administration and systems hardening standards, policies and guidelines and develop and implement them as needs are identified.Provide support escalation to the Helpdesk, Desktop Services and other groups as needed and complete tasks as required.Experience with supporting SQL databases on SAN platforms.MS-SQL Administration skills.Experience administering servers, backup operations, and systems monitoring in multiple and complex network server environments  Strong Windows Server background.Strong troubleshooting (root cause analysis) skillsExperience with Datacenter Migrations, Server upgrades, O/S and firmware patching  Expert troubleshooting and diagnostic skills and providing support to Operations personnel  Experience with business continuity / disaster recovery failover/failback and run-book documentation  Ability to prioritize multiple assigned tasks and execute parallel tasks in a high-pressure environment  Experience with cyber security, server hardening and DMZ deployment Strong writing and communication skills Must be able to perform duties with minimum supervision, and participate in cross-functional projects as scheduled  Powershell scripting Complete fluency in both oral and written English

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